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Original
Description |
Schlegel and Müller 1844 : 30 |
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Type
Locality |
"Gilolo" [= Halmahera Island, Moluccas, Indonesia] |
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Holotype |
Not stated; RMNH 3811 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed and Crumly 1984:245. |
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Original name |
Testudo forstenii |
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Common
name |
Travancore Tortoise |
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Distribution |
Sulawesi (= Celebes) and Halmahera Islands, Indonesia and Kerala, India |
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Comments |
Geochelone travancorica Boulenger (1907:560) is considered to be a synonym according to Hoogmoed and Crumly (1984). Reviewed by Groombridge (1982; as Geochelone travancorica and G. forstenii), Tikader and Sharma (1985; as Geochelone travancorica), Moll (in Swingland and Klemens, 1989), and Das (1991). |
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